BETANCOURT v. WILLIS

No. 86-8537.

814 F.2d 1546 (1987)

Jairo E. BETANCOURT, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Gerald WILLIS, Superintendent, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan V. Boleyn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellant.

Grayson P. Lane, Brunswick, Ga., for petitioner-appellee.

Before FAY and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Jairo Betancourt sought habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982), alleging that his guilty plea for conspiracy to possess cocaine was not voluntary because he did not understand his plea or its consequences. Petitioner's attorneys had informed him that, if he pleaded guilty, the court had agreed to reduce his sentence at a later time to insure that it was commensurate with the federal sentences of his two co...

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